AT&T Changing iPhone Terms March 26

Larry

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Mar 18, 2009, 8:15:03 PM3/18/09

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"Read more than 240,000 Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch"

<vic.h...@gmail.com> wrote in news:7a7d50c5-c643-4200-892d-f3847d7506b1
@t3g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:

> New Choice - No contract required after March 26
> http://is.gd/nUBb
>

Business much be much worse than I thought.....

TennCup

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Mar 19, 2009, 12:48:27 AM3/19/09

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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:03:29 -0700 (PDT), "Read more than 240,000
Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch" <vic.h...@gmail.com>
wrote:

The 8 GB version is $200. The 16 GB is $300. So your example is about
$100 short but still a savings of over $100.

What is the $76 charge in your example?

TennCup

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Mar 19, 2009, 1:22:16 AM3/19/09

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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:03:29 -0700 (PDT), "Read more than 240,000
Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch" <vic.h...@gmail.com>
wrote:

After thinking about this some more, I wonder why one would get this
phone if he is going to cancel service which you would have to do to
cancel the contract. It really doesn't make much sense to pay this
much for a phone for less than a year anyway.

So, I don't see the logic either.

SMS

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Mar 19, 2009, 2:44:58 AM3/19/09

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No, they are trying to work through their inventory before the new model
comes out this summer.

Prediction is that the new model is going to address the remaining
issues that are keeping the iPhone from moving up in terms of market
share--including vitally important features to enterprise users.

$699! That's pretty funny.

SMS

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Mar 19, 2009, 4:09:56 AM3/19/09

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I suspect that it's one month of service.

Kevin K

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Mar 19, 2009, 1:03:11 PM3/19/09

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This has been promised since the 3G was released last year. Finally,
it is made available.

I guess it could be useful if you were to break your existing phone,
such as washing it, and you weren't eligible for an upgrade. You can
buy a new one from a reputable source, rather than risk a bad
transaction on eBay.

Larry

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Mar 19, 2009, 9:46:46 PM3/19/09

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SMS <scharf...@geemail.com> wrote in news:JRlwl.20814$YU2.14695
@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com:

> Prediction is that the new model is going to address the remaining
> issues that are keeping the iPhone from moving up in terms of market
> share--including vitally important features to enterprise users.
>
>

He's gonna make it boot Windows programs??

He'll open up the system to Enterprise IT departments to install their own
software and security on it?

Until this happens, it'll never be of any use to Enterprise....a picky
group of SECURITY people, to be sure.

Other things are missing....replaceable battery, memory card slot, etc.,
also enterprise solutions.

Many enterprises here are buying NETBOOKS by the hundreds!

Jon Ribbens

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Mar 19, 2009, 11:08:34 PM3/19/09

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On 2009-03-20, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
> He'll open up the system to Enterprise IT departments to install their own
> software and security on it?

They already can, it's called the Enteprise iPhone Developer Program.

Ki4je ( http://twitter.com/Alert_Me )

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Mar 19, 2009, 11:35:51 PM3/19/09

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On Mar 19, 9:46 pm, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
> ry, memory card slot, etc.,
> also enterprise solutions.
>
> Many enterprises here are buying NETBOOKS by the hundreds!

While others are buying iPhone OS devices by the MILLIONS... big
difference Larry.

Larry

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Mar 19, 2009, 11:56:49 PM3/19/09

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Jon Ribbens <jon+u...@unequivocal.co.uk> wrote in
news:slrngs625i.k...@snowy.squish.net:

No, no....I think you misunderstand. IT will NEVER, repeat NEVER, let
Apple mother them as to what they can and cannot do. Apple will never be
allowed to see any real IT department software, either....

Larry

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Mar 19, 2009, 11:57:36 PM3/19/09

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"Ki4je ( http://twitter.com/Alert_Me )" <vic.h...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:b9b3a2b8-3281-42be...@y13g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:

Where did this come from, some blogger you quote, regularly?

The Bob

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Mar 19, 2009, 11:58:30 PM3/19/09

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"Ki4je ( http://twitter.com/Alert_Me )" <vic.h...@gmail.com> amazed us
all with the following in news:b9b3a2b8-3281-42be-9dee-cc6264c90ba1
@y13g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:

MILLIONS of enterprises are buying the iPhone?

SMS

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Mar 20, 2009, 2:35:05 AM3/20/09

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Do you think Apple is going to permanently write off the Enterprise?
They'll be dragged, kicking and screaming perhaps, into producing an
iPhone that is suitable for the Enterprise. Things are changing at
Apple. The stubbornness will lessen with the changes in management.

But you're wrong about netbooks. It's not hundreds, it's millions, and
it's having a negative effect on sales of more expensive small laptops
like the UPCs.

Jon Ribbens

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Mar 20, 2009, 3:31:42 PM3/20/09

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On 2009-03-20, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
>> They already can, it's called the Enteprise iPhone Developer Program.
>
> No, no....I think you misunderstand. IT will NEVER, repeat NEVER, let
> Apple mother them as to what they can and cannot do.

I think *you* misunderstand. If you use the Enterprise developer
programme, you can distribute iPhone applications within your own
organisation without them being approved (or even seen) by Apple.

For more information see Chapter 5 of:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf

Todd Allcock

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Mar 21, 2009, 2:09:09 AM3/21/09

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The ASUS EEE alone sold 4 million units in its first year:
<http://blog.laptopmag.com/asus-ceo-reveals-eee-pc-sales-numbers-plans-
for-touch-eee-pcs-and-more-eee-family-products>

jl

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Mar 24, 2009, 8:44:13 PM3/24/09

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AT&T

1.Rudest customer support in the business

2.Crawl up a tree backwards to tell you a lie.

3.Sorry, sorry, sorry networks.

4.Bill for services you didn't buy.

5.Constantly worry you with trying to sell you services you don't
want.

6.Crooked as a 50-gallon barrel of snakes.

7.True rat bastards of the industry.

George Kerby

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Mar 25, 2009, 1:33:52 PM3/25/09

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On 3/24/09 7:44 PM, in article
5d8eb4ff-5e05-4fa7...@v19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, "jl"
<jls...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Com'on, tell us how you REALLY feel and don't hold back!